Disclaimer: I do not own anything used in this story except possibly the idea of Dark and his species.
Dark flies across Jump city towards the hills that look over it, he notices on the gilder a small device, he grabs it and looks at it "Damn it." Is all he can say before the warning sounds in his mask's ear pieces begin to squeal. He is barraged by starbolts from above and sonic blasts from the ground, the glider maneuvers quickly trying to avoid the shots until it is hit in its energy system, as it falls, Dark jumps off kicking it away before it self destructs, he lands in the street sliding across it. The sound of steel being scraped along cement follows him as sparks fly he finally stops after hitting a brick wall. The T-car and R-cycle quickly pull up, Dark stands up and turns around towards the Titans "Well you destroyed the prototype. No matter it didn't work as well as I had hoped anyways." He watches as Starfire flies from above and lands with the other Titans. Robin steps off the R-cycle taking his helmet off holding a bird-a-rang. "Cease and desist." Dark says as soon as the bird-a-rang is in view. "You've murdered people; we should be telling you that." Robin says readying the weapon. Dark continues watching the Titans his hands behind his back, "You follow a society based on corruption, greed, lies, and injustice leave me alone to clean it up and you will be spared." Dark says warningly to the Titans. "Enough talk, Titans GO!" Robin yells the Titans charging at Dark. Dark stands there pulling out a spear like object he squeezes it lengthening from three and a half feet to six feet. He twirls it over his head holding it with his left hand "This is your final warning stop now." He watches the Titans begin their attack saying "Fine." As the blades in his right gauntlet extend he runs at the Titans quickly their attacks missing. He stops in the middle of them first swiping Cyborg's feet with the staff then hitting Beast boy in the stomach with it sending him flying, the staff comes down on Cyborg while he is on the ground then hitting Robin's Bo-staff. Dark turns to Robin still holding back the attack he pulls the spear away allowing Robin to swing again, as the staff comes down on him, Dark slashes it with his wrist-blades cutting it in half. Robin looks at it then back at Dark who kicks him in the chest. Raven and Starfire begin their attacks on Dark, Starfire attempting to distract him while Raven smashes two cars into him. Dark jumps as the cars collide into each other he quickly kicks off a wall towards Raven. Dark slams into her, his hand around her throat they slam into a wall Dark's wrist-blades next to her head sticking into the wall holding them both up. "You shouldn't have done that…" he says to her throwing her by the shoulder towards Starfire who catches her but is knocked off balance sending them both to the ground.
Dark lands in an alleyway, he presses a few buttons on his left gauntlet and cloaks. the Titans watch him disappear into the alley running towards it they ready themselves. Dark watches them walk by him crouching in a shadow making him virtually invisible with his cloak activated. Raven quickly turns towards him looking around and at him not able to see him. "What is it Rae?" Cyborg asks her, "I'm not sure…" she says still looking towards Dark "I feel something's watching us…" She steps closer as she does Dark leaps out and kicks her out of the alley towards the street the other Titans cannot react quickly enough as he attacks them. Cyborg's hand turns into his sonic cannon but is destroyed by a whip like object from Dark's left gauntlet the whip electrocutes him as Dark throws him towards Robin who is also shocked by the currents. Starfire and Beast boy try to attack, he grabs Beast boy and grabs the side of his neck, Dark then throws him at Starfire who catches him but is then also pressure pointed. Raven watches this happen she looks for Dark unable to see him she watches a shimmering object turn to her two eyes flashing yellow quickly then vanishing she lifts a motorcycle and throws it she watches as it explodes from a yellow beam the smoke disrupting Dark's cloaking, he uncloaks two cannons at his hips both folding back holding weapons. Raven steps back as Dark walks towards her. "You are an interesting one." He says grabbing her he holds her close as the world around them becomes blurry she finds herself on a hilltop overlooking Jump City. "So Raven is it? Let's have a little chat." He says letting her go and walking away from her towards a tree he leans against it and watches her. Raven watches him cautiously as she brushes herself off, "Did you really have to hold me that close?" she says sarcastically studying her surroundings. "If I hadn't you may have teleported somewhere else anywhere in the universe." He says watching her every move. Raven looks him up and down finally able to see him in full view she studies the markings on his armor and some of the weapons each similar yet unique in their own ways. "They're ancient." He says to her knowing she's studying the symbols She turns away looking at the city watching it and the people. "Sad the way you people live in constant fear from the one's who have an invisible power due to their financial advantage, you people allow greed to control you, and it is a disgusting way of life." Dark says standing straight up. "You people are incapable of trusting your laws being bent by the people who defend evil doers simply because they get paid not caring of the out come." Dark turns to the city watching everything, "Not allowing suicide considering those with 'mentally unstable', 'depressed', 'insane', it's absolutely sickening." Dark turns to her tilting his head, "Don't you think?" Raven stares at him listening silently intrigued by his words. "Forced to go to schools which teach you only how to live in your society, they teach you how to be a cockroach and walk in line, they want you to live because they want you to consume to feed the machine that is your society, I praise those who have taken their life realizing the meaninglessness of it all." Dark turns towards her. "Now my dear what do you think of all this?" He goes quiet waiting for her to speak.
Back at the Alleyway Robin jumps up quickly looking around still jittery from the shock
He goes over to the other Titans checking their pulses. Beast boy sits up slowly rubbing his neck "Dude, what happened?" He says looking at Robin who is standing over Starfire "He knocked us all out…didn't do any real damage at all…come here" Robin gestures to Beast boy, Beast boy walks towards Robin who examines his neck. "No nerve damage he squeezed perfectly just to knock you out…" Starfire sits up quickly looking around, "What has happened Robin?" Robin turns to her still in thought "Dark or whatever his name is pressure pointed you and Beast boy and electrocuted me and Cyborg knocking us all out." Cyborg's systems reactivate he turns his head from side to side he stands up looking around the alley. "Dude he took Rae somewhere." The Titans quickly turn to him afraid for their friend. Cyborg continues "They just vanished everything was a blur then gone." He says pointing the area where he saw it. Robin pulls out his communicator opening it, "She's there." He says pointing to the hills. The Titans quickly hurry back to the T-car and Robin to his R-cycle. As soon as they're on the road they begin to hear their communicators go off as they answer them they see Dark looking down into it. "Such a primitive communications device it would be wiser to attach it to the body in some way such as armor or clothing." Robin begins shouting into his helmet's microphone at Dark. "Where is Raven! If you hurt her so help me god you're dead!" Dark's emotionless voice answers him, "She's fine I've done nothing to hurt her nor has she done anything to make me want to harm her we've just been having a little chat." He says the connection goes fuzzy as Dark crushes the communicator.
Raven raises her eyebrow at Dark "Was that really necessary?" Dark turns to her dropping the scraps of the communicator "Maybe it was maybe it wasn't depends on your perceptions." Dark says tilting his head. "Tell me, what is your idea for the perfect life to live?" He asks watching her. Raven stares back at him blankly not understanding. "How is this relevant to anything?" She says in her usual monotone. "Why it is relevant to everything, why I do what I do." He responds gesturing with his hands. Raven watches him her eyebrow cocked. "You basically kidnapped me to talk about this?" She says sarcastically. "Yes I did because of what I believe and what I believe is you are different than most others." Dark says raising his head. Raven rather than possibly anger him answers, "The perfect life would be having no problems and for all to be equal." Dark listens patiently satisfied with the answer. "Yes but what causes problems that cause others to have such problems with the way they live?" He responds. Raven thinks for a while silently staring blankly into space. "Your world is full of problems," He says blankly. "Your people have only to blame themselves for the problems, poverty, racism, murder, rape, and theft disgusting!" Dark shouts at the city pointing to it. Raven jumps startled by his sudden outburst. "If you people could've done what I had hoped maybe you wouldn't have to suffer such a fate!" He continues shouting towards the city finally snapping back to the situation. "Sorry about that difficult for me to control…" Dark turns away from the city back to Raven who goes back to her thoughts. Dark stares at her, "I could show you people a world without borders and boundaries, hate and crime, but you people follow a system that prevents me from doing so, human nature is to do anything to survive, destroy and adapt like insects…" Dark says growing angry, "Greed in this world while others suffer and die, billions of your worthless currency going into weapons to kill more people while diseases that will kill twice as many run rampant across your planet." Dark lowers his head continuing with his rant. "Most have no honor doing what they need to survive and become 'the best' at the price of other people's feelings or well being…you all live in a world where almost nothing is possible." Dark raises his head looking back at Raven. "I want this world to be better than what it is now to be a world where anything is possible." He looks into the sky.
The Titans watch Dark and Raven from over a hill behind some bushes and a tree. "Okay here's the plan we'll attempt a sneak attack on Dark, Cyborg will hit Dark in the back while Starfire flies high enough so she can deliver a barrage of starbolts from the sky. Beast boy will then ram him knocking him to the ground once he's down I'll use a couple freeze disks on him got it?" Robin tells the Titans drawing lines in the dirt with a stick. "I'll have to crank it up to eleven." Cyborg says his hand changing. "Alright then let's do it." Robin says looking down at Dark his back is turned away from them. Unknowing to the Titans Dark heard everything including the stick being scraped in the dirt he formulates a plan of his own while talking to Raven. Starfire flies quickly above the tree making sure Dark's back is turned as she flies higher. Robin and Beast Boy quickly get into position ready for the attack. "Titans GO!" Robin yells. Raven looks up at her friends then sees three small lights forming a red laser in the pattern of a triangle come out of Dark's mask as he turns around towards them two objects unfolding from his shoulders one aiming at Cyborg the other at Starfire who is above them. The two objects fire blue/white jolts of energy that fly towards Cyborg and Starfire. Starfire quickly moves out of the way of the energy coming towards her. Cyborg isn't as lucky the energy hits his sonic cannon right as he is firing it the explosion damages it. The two weapons continue firing each missing as Dark had planned he turns around to Raven both weapons still facing the Titan's directions. "Well it appears our time is up think about that Raven." Dark quickly runs towards the city the weapons on his shoulders folding back into place. Starfire flies towards Raven shaking her "Friend Raven are you harmed!?" She says excitedly still shaking Raven by the shoulders. "I'm fine Starfire please stop shaking me." Raven says trying to take Starfire's hands off her. Robin looks towards the direction Dark took off running to. "Damn it! He got away!" He shouts stomping the ground. "Easy Robin don't make this guy into the next Slade." Cyborg says holding his right arm. Starfire gasps "Cyborg what has happened!?" She says her eyes widening. "Well that blue blast hit my arm shorting most of the electronics out causing it to fall off." Cyborg says. "Dudes how are we going to beat this guy!? I mean he could KILL US!" Beast boy yells frightened. "I doubt he'd do that." Raven says rolling her eyes. "What did he tell you Raven?" Robin asks her.
Well that's it for this chapter.